Top 5 Best Board Games That Survived Computers!

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By Anwesha Barari

Friday, December 23, 2011, 17:31

The best board games are hardly talked about these days because kids these days are into gaming and computer games that have more complex programs than software projects! However, some board games have been popular for over generations are people still continue to play them. Moreover not only kids play board games; it is a favourite pass time of adults too.

Here are some of the best board games that have survived the test of time and the competition of video games.

Top 5 Best Board Games:

1. Ludo: Can anybody deny missing the good old board of Ludo with its 4 houses and long winding paths. It is the most basic of gamed and yet we still remember it. It is a game of 4 where each one takes a house of a particular colour. They get 6 coins that will have to travel the board and reach home 'ripe'. Now the element of chance in this popular board game comes from the roll of the dice and the peculiar rules of it.

2. Snakes & Ladders: Although this game has a computer version, the charm of seeing a board full of snakes and ladders is just different. Played almost synonymously with the previous board game for kids, this used to often on on the back side of the Ludo board. Any number of players can play this simple game. You roll the dice and move on; a ladder gives you a free rise upwards and the snakes bring you down.

3. Scrabble: Learning in play is the best way to learn and that is what this game does. It is easily the best board game to learn spellings and improve your vocabulary. Again it has been replicated on the computer but an old school guy will still have a box of this game in the loft of his house. The real letters and the bay's holding them are somehow more inspiring.

4. Monopoly: Again a popular board game that still continues to be popularly played or else the toy brands won't be coming up with new versions of it. You are learning in play an important concept; value for money and acquiring a sharp business sense. Usually you have at least 2 people play this came of which one has to be the banker. You roll the dice and go through financial transactions at every step. The one who manages his or her finances better wins in the end.

5. Backgammon: Well well, it is gambling we are talking about and that is serious business. However, this board game involves a great deal of logic and is played with fake money. If this is gambling then so is monopoly or scrabble or any other game. This game has been picked up by Casinos to make it a gambling game but the basic premise involves logic and mathematics.

These were the 5 best board games that people play till today.